diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/reference/pad.h b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/reference/pad.h
index 19de2548921..20fe3434ae5 100644
--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/reference/pad.h
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/internal/reference/pad.h
@@ -137,43 +137,11 @@ inline void Pad(const tflite::PadParams& op_params,
           output_data);
 }
 
-// One could make all PadImageStyle calls simply delegate the work to the
-// ordinary Pad.  However, it is better that the reference code asserts false in
-// similar cases.
 template <typename T, typename P>
 inline void PadImageStyle(const tflite::PadParams& op_params,
                           const RuntimeShape& input_shape, const T* input_data,
                           const P* pad_value_ptr,
                           const RuntimeShape& output_shape, T* output_data) {
-  TFLITE_ASSERT_FALSE;
-}
-
-template <typename P>
-inline void PadImageStyle(const tflite::PadParams& op_params,
-                          const RuntimeShape& input_shape,
-                          const uint8* input_data, const P* pad_value_ptr,
-                          const RuntimeShape& output_shape,
-                          uint8* output_data) {
-  Pad(op_params, input_shape, input_data, pad_value_ptr, output_shape,
-      output_data);
-}
-
-template <typename P>
-inline void PadImageStyle(const tflite::PadParams& op_params,
-                          const RuntimeShape& input_shape,
-                          const int8_t* input_data, const P* pad_value_ptr,
-                          const RuntimeShape& output_shape,
-                          int8_t* output_data) {
-  Pad(op_params, input_shape, input_data, pad_value_ptr, output_shape,
-      output_data);
-}
-
-template <typename P>
-inline void PadImageStyle(const tflite::PadParams& op_params,
-                          const RuntimeShape& input_shape,
-                          const int16_t* input_data, const P* pad_value_ptr,
-                          const RuntimeShape& output_shape,
-                          int16_t* output_data) {
   Pad(op_params, input_shape, input_data, pad_value_ptr, output_shape,
       output_data);
 }